Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS,

Hon. Hugh Campbell spoke at wa
tertown on division and statehood.
John Hennessy, OF Grand Forks,
dropped dead from heart disease.
Patents issued Dakota:T. A. Fraser,
Mitchell, track cleaner; G.. NJ. Powell,
Geneva, harrow; e. b. warren
Plankinton, a brake.
DR. w. G. Glenn, amethodist preach,
er OF Hutchinson county, Is IN
jail charged with in cest with his two
daughters.
New Dakota pensions: J. Phare
Wilmot; r. Herbesen, Pierre; g. w.
Weeks, Altamont; D. A. Grant, Star
key; Phetteplace, Howard; h. clark,
Mitchell. Montana: u. Pott, Maiden
w. HI. II. Hand.ey. Bozeman.
A letter from DR.. Conkey, president
of the Duluth, Huron & Denver rail
road, says 1t has not been sold to the
Minneapolis & Pacific, aud there is nc
probability OF its being.
The Redfeld military company is
contemplating a trip to Chicago to
attend the encampment next month
The clothing firm of Fosdick & Tell
son at Mitchell, which assigned recent
Iy, reopened business, having made q
satisfactory settlement.
B. A. Stafford, arrested on a chalgt
of adIltry, was discharged by Justice
Bowman OF Ashton, the evidence be
ing deemed insufficient to support the
charges.
At Mandon, the houses occupied by
Fred Wigginton and John Borgstrom
were burned. Loss, $4,000; insur'
ance, $1,000.
A Pembina dispatch TO the Fargo
Argus says that Col. Webb a sreceived
adispatch from Adjt. Gen. Tyner that
he has not been dismissed, and he
could resign il he desired to do so.
Col. Brown is understood to have re.
ceived q similar dispatch.
"Bony" Dewing was arrested at
Mitchell on advices from the sheriff Of
Adams county, Wis, who wants him
for burglary committed therein March.
Dewing was captured by the sheriff Of
Moody county last spring, but broke
jail.
A farmer at Mitchell named Hazen,
living four miles north, saw q neigh.
boris boy nea his melon patch and
fired q charge OF shot into the boys
leg. Hazen is in jail.
A singular sequel to an elopement
comes from Frankfort near Redfeld.
Frank Reeser wooed Mary Valdez.
Her father objected and Frank plann.
ed an elopement. He got the girl out
the back way and then went back aft.
er some of her effects. The old gentle.
man heard of it and arrested Frank
or burglary.
Attorney General Templeton an.
nounced that Gov. Church has de.
cided it is not safe to organize the
proposed counties of Pierce and
Church as the legislature failed to at.
tach them to any judicial subdivi,
sion, and the territory from which
they are created is now in two judici-
al Subdivisions. The law OF 1885
makes it necessary that the clerk OF
court OF the judicial subdivision
to which it is attached shall be mott
fed OF the election and the votes are
to be canvassed by the officers OF the
county in said subdivision. There
being two of these cases, the gov
ernor has decided TO ask congress to
give the district judge authority to
designate one of the subdivision as
the correct one. This will defer the
organization for a year at least.
When Judge Campbell closed his ad-
dress at Huron, q resolution, offered
by Augustine Davis, was unanimous.
ly adopted, there being at least 500
persons in the hall: Resolved, That
we, the citizens OF Beadle county, ear.
nestly favor a division OF the terrific.
ry on the seventh standard parallel.
First, because small states have
small taxes and large states large tax
es; second, because the smaller the
state the MORE responsible thegovern-
ment to the people; third, because one
state means perpetual evil domination
OF the Northern Pacific; fourth, be-
Cause two states NEAR a larger and
greater power in congress.
Mayor Mentzer OF Mitchell, received
an autograph letter from President
Cleveland in reply to an invitation
by the city councI! to visit the terri
torial fair. In closing the president
says: This pleasure | must defer to
some future date; but in the mean
while | beg to assure your people OF
my appreciation of their courteous
attention and regard"
Yankton Special: 1t may be stat
ed with positiveness that there is no
truth in the sensation t~elegraphed
hence hat the asylum trustees would
go on and build the wings to the asy-
lum in defiance Of Gov. Church and
without his approval of the plans.
Neither the trustees or any one else
wilItake such responsibility.
The injunction served upon the
Farmers Warehouse company at Clar-
mont by the st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba railroad was withdrawn
recently. Farmers and private buy
ers are having all the cars necessary
for their business.
The Woman's Christian Temper,
ance Union held its meeting at Huron.
A report showed that there are one
hundred and forty-three unions in
Dakota and thirteen Young woman's
unions. Thirteen OF the former and
six OF the latter have been organized
in the last year. There are over two
thousand women in their societies,
1,9o0 OF whom are regularly paying
members. The president, as territor.
ial organizer, has Travelled 8, 560miles
i'll the year, delivered 1877 addresses,
had fifty.tbree woman's meetings, all
the officers of last year were re-elect.
ed: President, Mrs. Barker of Chan.
berlain; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Hyde. Mitchell; recording secretary,
Mrs. Hyde, Vermillion; treasurer, Mrs.
Kline. Mitchell. These, with Mrs,
McCardln of Huron and Mrs. Moffatt
OF Woonsocket, constitute the execu.
tive committee. Fargo is the place OF
meeting next year.
At Grand Forks, the Northwestern
News, a new Democratic weekly pub.
lished by W. r. Bierly, has It's APP
pearance.
About 100 editors Of the state were
hanuiatted at tho M;pnaonnlia axna.;4sa-